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space-fishie · 3 months

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I wanna jump on the Fishuary train except I cannot draw for SHIT so I'm gonna include pictures of the animal of the day from the aquarium where I work bc that's what I've got lol 😭

Anyway today's is seahorse, so here are some pictures of the lined seahorses (Hippocampus erectus) enjoying their enrichment!

Image Description: four photos of seahorses hanging on to different items - a ladder structure, a hanging baby toy, a small plastic pumpkin bucket, and a football shaped toy with holes in it. Most of the seahorses are brown but the last is bright orange. /End ID

#fishuary #fishuary2024 #sorry please feel free to disregard I know the point of Fishuary is supposed to be for art!#I just like fish

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seabreeze2022 · 1 year

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2023 Bahama Cruise, Part 29. May 14. Hatchet bay, Eleuthera.

Nancy walking two miles back to town after snorkeling with the seahorses on Mother’s Day. Still smiling after another tour that can not be found in the tour pamphlets.

We anchored on Saturday evening with threats of storms over night and Sunday. Never got rained on. We are anchored in “Hatchet Bay” on the right side of the photo. Sweetings Pond with the Seahorses is the pond on the left of the photo.

After taking our trash to town. We walked around the town on Mother’s Day, Sunday morning. Things are quiet on Sunday mornings in the settlements. We walked up to the Queen’s Highway and turned east or left. A driver stopped his car and talked to us. He was the owner of the restaurant where everyone, including us, parks their dinghy. The sign above the trash barrel was pay $3 in the office. The office was closed. When this guy introduced himself, he said he owned the restaurant. So we paid this guy our $3 for one bag of trash. He also offered to drive us to the Sweetings Pond Seahorse Preserve for $20.

We enjoy our walks and declined the offer. After we were half way to the pond. A guy stopped in his pick up truck and offered us a ride. So Nancy and I jumped in the back of his pick up truck. Looking at the boxes of roofing nails in the bed of the truck, we assumed he was a roofer. After he pulled off across from the dirt road to the pond. We bailed out of the back of the truck and thanked him. With typical Bahama out island hospitality. He said, “That is why we are here, to help you out”. This guy was a Roofer, not a person in the tourism hospitality trade. But a genuine out island person always willing to help. Just about every Bahamian owned car honks or waves. The rental cars have a different license plate. Don’t expect a honk or way from them.

This is the dirt road leading to Sweetings Pond. Good enough for a rental car, but not good enough for your personal car.

This is a proposed Preserve. The water is probably a bit more saline than the ocean and accounted for us floating so high in the water.

With our sandals and footwear, versus fins, per the rules. We had a bit of a time getting to the bottom to see the seahorses up close.

This pond was cut off from the open sea 6,000 years ago. The level changes with each tidal change. But the visibility is poor.

This is a Lined Seahorse (Hippocampus erectus). They are considered a “Vulnerable species”. These were not as obvious or as plentiful as we were led to believe. They were in the grass and usually head down foraging. This is probably a female, note the lack of the belly pouch.

You can just barely see the eye on this seahorse. Judging by the belly this is very possible a pregnant Male Seahorse. Who knew that “woke” seahorses where leading the way of males becoming pregnant? Actually the female becomes pregnant and then sends the eggs over to the male that raises them in his brood pouch.

The more interesting organism in the pond were the multitude of nudibranchs. Specifically Fringeback Dondice (Dondice occidentalis) They were everywhere and working along the top of the grass. Much more prolific than the seahorses.

Since my photo was so bad, I stole this off the internet.

This is the bright red file clam (Ctenoides Scraba) that was very abundant in the pond.

After walking back to town we saw that the car ferry from Nassau was in town. Top left photo has cars backing up onto the ferry.

The pigs in a trailer, are they coming or going, who knows? Can they swim? If they can’t swim, will we see them at dinner?

This apparently is a communal cooking bread oven of days before. Makes sense, stays hot for hours, using less fuel than each house cooking bread in their private oven.

Next we pull anchor and head 16 miles west for the infamous “Current Cut”. You have to time it for 1+15 to 1+30 minutes after the tide change in Nassau. If we hit it wrong, we may be fighting a 6-8 kt. current in a boat that only goes 6 knots.

S/V Sea Breeze, Hatchet Pond, Eleuthera Island Bahama

#seabreeze2022 #seabreeze2023

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demigodoreo · 2 months

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Lined seahorse (Hippocampus Erectus) and Stropical two wing flying fish (Exocoetus Volitan) illustrated by Charles Dessalines D' Orbigny

#fish #seahorse

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the-descolada · 2 years

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Aquarium friends!

#ocean #ecology #my photos #crabs #fish #in order:#Octopus vulgaris #Opsanus tau #Aurelia aurita #Leucoraja erinacea #squat lobster family #Hippocampus erectus #Chelydra serpentina #Pagurus pollicaris

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nightmaresyrup · 4 years

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Sea Horse!

A common, generic, regular, normal, ordinary, Seahorse! YEAH! Seahorses are cool, fun, relative of the pipefish! Yeah fish nothing about it is horse just face..... yeah heh... hehe...

Aagh! I messed up the leg anatomy!

#seahorse #hippocampus erectus #hippocampus #sea creature #sea monsters

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crudlynaturephotos · 5 years

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#lined seahorse #seahorse #hippocampus erectus #fish #nature gif #aquarium gif #the maritime aquarium at norwalk #connecticut #gif

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wildlife-conservationist · 6 years

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Hope you’re having a great Sygnathidae!

#lined seahorse #seahorse #hippocampus erectus #aquarium #salt water tank #marine biology #Athena #fishblr #aquablr

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equatorjournal · 3 years

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Earl Stannard Herald, Lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus); Atlantic marine, 1969. From "Fishes of North America", 1972. https://www.instagram.com/p/CUYEt5pg8_3/?utm_medium=tumblr

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baka-monarch · 3 years

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Ok but I kinda wanna gush about species for the Krackeninnit au! Like Button, maybe they are a hippocampus abdominalis , or the big-bellied seahorse! They’re the largest seahorse species in the world! So while they are still incredibly small to Tommy if he’s made aware of them being in a certain spot he can spot them by the colours on their tail, in regards to the whole live jewellery thing instead of them being like a bracelet charm I image they would more closely resemble an emblem that hangs from a large chain necklace, like some you see in music videos with certain rappers (also like would they end up bedazzled to add extra bling? To make them shinier or even more impressive to other humans (holy sh*t that’s dark but it certainly is a thought)) ~ 👽 also sorry that I’ve been afk for so long had quite a bit to deal with lmao it’s gonna take me a minute to read through all the new au’s but from I’ve seen it all looks great!

(it's alright, welcome back mate!!!)

I looked up that sea horse- the big bellied sea horse- and although I do like the idea, I feel like if a human were to take Button as jewelry they would be one that's more brightly colored and tropical looking, like the hippocampus erectus which comes in a variety of bright colors, most notibly a very bright yellow

As for being bedazzled- of humans would most definitely do that! They covered not only Button's tail in jewls, but also their human parts as well to hide the less "beutiful" parts of them. Later, when Button is with Dream and George, those humans work hard to help Button get all the jewls, paint, and glitter off of themselves

Mcyt g/t tag list:

@nomynameisanon @trashpumped @loriepoptale @encaos @i-am-a-weeb @wyforyu-gaming @shy-septic-dragon @5unfl0writ3r @colorfulsiren @moonmwah @iwasgoingtohellanyways @echoslime @wilbur-simp @trouble-off-grid @the-misfits-system

#ask #mer au #mcyt g/t #mcytg/t #👽 anon #button #mer!button #tiny!button

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louisweety · 4 years

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Get your new Seahorses comfortable

Establishing a brand-new Seahorse aquarium can be fairly very amazing as well as challenging as a lot of points will require to be considered prior Seahorses can be securely added to a brand-new aquarium.

Beginning with the decision what kind of Seahorses to add. One of the most common varieties you will see in the marine aquarium are the Smooth Seahorse (Hippocampus Kuda) as well as the Lined Seahorse (Hippocampus Erectus), and a bit much more seldom to discover are the Dwarf Seahorse (Hippocampus zosterae), the The Gorgonian Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti) and the Tiger-Tail Seahorse (Hippocampus comes).

Next it will certainly be necessary where to position the Seahorse tank, best in an area without any straight sunlight, as it might cause the growth of undesirable microalgae and it should provide a calm surrounding for the Seahorses.

Than it is time to get the water right for the new beauties. In a brand-new aquatic aquarium the marine water need to undergo first essential procedures to safely host new marine life. Apart from freshwater fish tanks this will typically take a couple of weeks for a marine aquarium as the new marine tank will require to undertake first a period, called "cycling" in which bacteria cultures have to grow and develop first undesirable microalgae will appear, up until the brand-new fish tank water has actually cleared up in and also found a balance to fit new residents.

This cycling period normally takes about 4-- 6 weeks but it can be considerably reduced by utilizing so-called aquarium starter kits which will add already add valuable microorganisms culture. It is not advised to use marine water from other aquatic aquariums as it might trigger the danger of adding undesirable mini spores of algae, parasites or bacteria to the brand-new Seahorse tank.

Checking the water criteria needed for the Seahorse varieties chosen it is ultimately time to bring the seahorse aquarium to life by including the remarkable new Seahorses.To make them really feel comfy in their new residence it is also important to produce an atmosphere as close to their natural habitat as possible.A great way to develop this native environment is to use an natural holdfast for the Seahorse by utilizing sea plants they are used too.

Those so-called marine macroalgae are great for Seahorses and as some algae types will expand quite gradually they will not overgrow the Seahorse fish tank, reducing the job you have with the algae to maintain them in place.

A great aquatic algae choice for Seahorses are for instance Gracilaria Tikvahiae Mocha Ogo, Acanthophora Spicifera, Codium, Gracilaria Vermiculophylla and also Botryocladia Red Grape algae types, to name simply a couple of. All will certainly expand slow to medium quick and will add a terrific colour as well as the holdfast your Seahorse is looking for. Another very useful macroalgae is the Ochtodes and also Cladophora Prolifera Eco-friendly Shrub, as they expand in a guite dense structure which will certainly provide for copepods and also Rotifers-- the preferred food resource for Seahorses-- a great hiding area. Perfect to increase their population in the Seahorse storage tank and as well an excellent algae which will develop into a searching place for the Seahorse:)

There are several great sites which have a wonderful option on macroalgae which you can contribute to your Seahorse tank, in the UK as an example Live Algae UK. But have you known that when you add macroalgae to create a lovely natural aquarium residence for your Seahorse that you not just make them really feel a lot more comfortable yet you will improve the water top quality of the aquatic water as well? This is to the fact that when macroalgae grow they will certainly obtain Nutrients like Phosphate and Nitrate, which should be maintained to a minimum.I hope that I have actually provided you some motivation and that you will certainly find and also love the macroalgae you have chosen to contribute to your Seahorse marine aquarium.For currently it is time to say goodbye as well as to allow you appreciate your Seahorse tank.

#seahorse #seahorses #seahorse aquarium #macroalgae #macro algae #live algae #saltwater plants #marine algae

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rebeccathenaturalist · 3 years

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Here's my take on a lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) for today's ShapeSketchGame themed Sunday Fish Sketch! A really fun challenge 💙

#sunday fish sketch #seahorse #fish #nature #shape sketch game

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boudhabar · 5 years

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Hippocampus erectus

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neaq · 5 years

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While Myrtle is the undisputed queen of the New England Aquarium, our lined seahorses (hippocampus erectus) also sport crowns! Crown-like bony crests, called coronets, are located on the backside of their heads. They are as unique to each seahorse as a fingerprint is to a human! #TIL — view on Instagram http://bit.ly/2I7UIRG

#Instagram #IFTTT

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verdantsymmetry · 5 years

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Just learned that Chrome stores all the custom words I’ve added to its dictionary in ~/.config/google-chrome/Default/Custom\ Dictionary.txt

For your enlightenment, here they are:

ALU

Clough

Eukaryotic

Github

Hippocampus

IIRC

Itanium

MITSFS

Relatedly

Somerville

Szechuan

accelerometers

affordances

amendment

carthaginian

concientiousness

decrement

ecologies

erectus

eukaryotes

eukaryotic

explicitly

heterozygosity

incentivized

infeasibility

jeopardizing

latencies

marginalism

microarchitecture

neuroticism

outlier

parallelism

parallelizing

pathologies

privileges

prokaryote

prokaryotes

prokaryotic

quadratically

qualia

realtime

seatbelt

splittable

stereotypically

takktile

terraformed

unsplittable

unsurprised

unusably

Hopefully those are all correct

#apparently uncommon words I use #What sort of dictionary doesn't have 'outlier'?#CPUs and bacteria and economics

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themortuarykorps · 4 years

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mazatli · 5 years

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Listo el corte del Hippocampus Erectus. Extinción 13 ➰➰➰ Finished carving the Lined Sea Horse skull. Extinction 13. #extincionseries #mazatl #linocut (at Dallas, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsWrfLRBYqg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4gb90t6x1dv0

#extincionseries #mazatl #linocut

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